Clyde Hunt (1900-1972) Chief Sunny Skies

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Chief Sunny Skies had a trading post located on the main street in Carlsbad, New Mexico, for over 40 years which was closed in 1977.  His wife, Estelle, passed away in 1978.  Chief Sunny Skies, whose other name was Clyde Hunt, was the son of Chief Big Snake (Edward Hunt) also of Acoma Pueblo.  

——————————————————-Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Monday, January 17, 1972, page 4, reads as follows:

CLYDE HUNT
Chief Sunny Skies (Clyde Hunt), 71, died in a local hospital Sunday. Born in Acoma Pueblo, he resided in Carlsbad since 1937.
Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Denton Funeral Home chapel, Dr. L.B. Throne officiating. Burial will follow in Carlsbad Cemetery, with Dr. G.B. Markle, Roy Bolin, Jack Suter, Grover Tidwell, Bill Townsend, and Everett Wheeler serving as pallbearers.

Survivors include his wife Estelle Hunt of Carlsbad; a son, Wallace Hunt of Albuquerque; five brothers, Irvin Hunt of Casa Blanca, Alfred Hunt of Albuquerque, Wayne Hunt of Tulsa, Okla., Wilbert Hunt of Albuquerque, Allen Hunt of Richmond, Calif., and a half-brother, Paul Lujan of Albuquerque; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Johnson and Mrs. Ida Eduvigen of Albuquerque.